Inspirational Interviews with Today's Authentic Leaders

Isaac and Thorald Koren aren’t your typical leadership consultants. Better known as The Brothers Koren, these 2024 People’s Choice Award winners achieved the success they dreamed of, performing alongside global music icons like Coldplay, Pink, Bon Jovi and Rod Stewart.

But at the height of their success, they pivoted in response to a greater calling. Now, they’ve shifted their focus to heartfelt work empowering individuals and teams to discover and express their authentic voices. Hear them discuss the “small voices” that inhibit us all and the powerful impact when a leader creates a safe environment for saying “Yes” to the mess of creating and innovating.

Kim Scott is a two-time New York Times bestselling author. In this chat, we talk about her first iconic book, Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity. 

Kim is a former tech executive, leading critical teams with founders at Google, Apple, and YouTube – and, she’s been Coach to CEO’s at Dropbox, Qualtrics, Twitter and more.

Sheryl Sandberg, former Facebook COO & author of LeanIn says: “Reading Radical Candor will help you build, lead & inspire teams to do the best work of their lives.” Gain insight on being a leader who cares personally but also challenges directly…and how to create a culture of candor.

Michael is the author of the best-selling coaching book, The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More, and Change the Way You Lead Forever . Written for time-crunched managers, parents or friends who want to be a little more coach-like, it’s about discovering a ”different way of being with people.”

His new book is The Advice Trap: Be Humble, Stay Curious, and Change the Way You Lead Forever. In our interview we chat about how to tame your Advice Monster and what it takes to stay curious just a little bit longer in all of our interactions.

Dolly Chugh is the Author of the acclaimed The Person You Mean to Be: How Good People Fight Bias. In this interview, Dolly shares compelling data about unconscious bias and practical steps to go from a "Believer" in racial equality to a "Builder" in our teams, our families and our world.

Dolly is an award-winning, social scientist at NYU where she studies the psychology of good people and teaches MBA courses in leadership, management, and negotiations.

Dolly delivered one of the 25 Most Popular TED Talks of 2018 and has been named one of the Top 100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics (along with Pope Francis, Angelina Jolie, and Bill Gates) by Ethisphere Magazine.

Ebony Beckwith shared her favorite quote by Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff in our interview: “The business of business is to improve the state of the world." No doubt Ebony shares that passionate belief as Chief Philanthropy Officer for Salesforce where she leads a 40 person team responsible for engaging more than 36,000 employees in community service, as well as administering millions of dollars in grants to improve communities around the world.

Ebony has been recognized as one of San Francisco Business Times’ Most Influential Women in Bay Area Business. Ebony and her team have achieved meaningful results with their work locally and internationally in education and workforce development. In this episode, we discuss authentic leadership, ingredients of a high engagement culture, and the power of corporations investing in their communities.

Marcela Davison Aviles is the lead Cultural Consultant on Disney Pixar's animated film: Coco, winner of two Academy Awards: Best Animated Film and Best Song. Coco is second only to Moana in largest openings for Disney/Pixar. The film is lauded for achieving Disney's finest work yet in its cultural authenticity. Marcela is a hidden figure behind the success.

Marcela played a critical role in advising in every aspect of the film, from storytelling, costumes, and music, to PR and marketing. Above all, she guided the film’s non-Latino Director and Producer in navigating a highly sensitive cultural and political climate in America to produce a groundbreaking and historic success that won the hearts of Latino and non-Latino audiences worldwide.

Achieving change is hard — especially change that lasts!  You’ll find mindful wisdom and practical how-to’s with Marshall Goldsmith, Author of  NYTimes best-sellers Triggers: Creating Behavior Change That Lasts—Becoming the Person You Want to Be and What Got You Here Won’t Get You There.

Marshall is the renowned Author of 41 books, awarded America's #1 Executive Coach by INC and Fast Company, and World's Most Influential Leadership Thinker by Thinkers 50. In our chat, we discuss how to achieve lasting habit change for becoming the person we aim to be.

 Guy Kawasaki is a Silicon Valley icon who first became known as Apple’s Chief Evangelist, launching the MacIntosh with epic success in Apple’s early days. From there he published many game-changing books: Selling the Dream, The Art of the Start, Rules for Revolutionaries, and more. His rich and varied career includes start-ups, venture capital, Garage.com, Advisor to google, and now, a return to his role of Chief Evangelist with Canva, an innovative company aiming to democratize design the same way the Macintosh democratized computers.

In our chat, we discuss Guy’s 15th book coming out soon, Wise Guy: Lessons from a Life, a Chicken Soup for the Soul, (or as he says, “Miso Soup for the Soul”) kind of book, full of stories: the ups and downs of working with Steve Jobs, becoming Brand Ambassador for Mercedes-Benz, reflecting on his family’s immigrant experience, adopting 2 kids from Guatemala, learning to surf at 62, and more. You’ll enjoy this lively interview, filled with wisecracking humor and laughs, as well as heartfelt wisdom about leading, evangelizing, parenting and life.